English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪɡ�(r)|-ɪɡ�(r)
Etymology
(Sense 3) Derived from Australian Colonial goldfields terminology. The term represents the mateship of common interests and activities where most of the population were gold miners, and almost everybody was a mate, a "digger", with a common cause against the troopers, the traps, the mining licence inspectors. See also cobber.
Noun
en-noun
- A large piece of machinery that digs up holes.
- One who digs.
- Australia An Australian soldier.
Translations
trans-top|A large piece of machinery that digs up holes
Finnish: kaivinkone
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trans-top|One who digs
Finnish: kaivaja
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trans-top|An Australian soldier
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See also
gold-digger
io:digger
te:digger
vi:digger
zh:digger
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